Mayor’s Control of NYC schools up for renewal
USA Today
NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Michael Bloomberg has touted his stewardship of the city’s public school system as a key achievement of his administration — and a reason to re-elect him to a third term.
So he’s pushing hard to get lawmakers to reauthorize a 2002 law giving [...]
Taking Sides on New York’s School Chancellor
March 6, 2009 NY Times
By Elissa Gootman
Whether Albany extends the landmark law that handed New York City’s mayor control of its public schools may depend less on theoretical questions — or even on the Bloomberg administration’s education record — than on how Chancellor Joel I. Klein has wielded the [...]
Closing gaps for ELLs
March 11, 2009 El Diario
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Chancellor Joe Klein have boasted about educational gains in New York City’s public schools. But one of the glaring problems in our schools is the dropout crisis affecting students learning English.
The city’s high school graduation rate for English Language Learners, ELLs, is a [...]
Immigrants Want Stimulus Money to go to Language Education
March 11, 2009 WNYC
NEW YORK, NY March 10, 2009 —New York City immigrants want federal stimulus money to be used for job training and English language education.
REPORTER: Chung-Wha Hong, executive director of The New York Immigration Coalition, was one of hundreds gathered in City Hall Park today, [...]
State: Test Kids Later
February 17, 2009 NY Post
By Yoav Gonen
The state is seeking to schedule annual reading and math tests later in the school year - a move that could erase one of the biggest hurdles to using students’ exam scores to rate teachers.
The tests, currently given to kids in third through eighth grade [...]
Charter School’s Deadline to Recognize Union Passes
February 13, 2009 NY Times
By Jennifer Medina
URL:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/education/13kipp.html?_r=1&refcation&pagewanted=print
A move to create a union at one of the city’s leading charter schools may turn into a protracted battle, as the deadline passed on Thursday for the school, KIPP AMP in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, to voluntarily recognize the union.
The United Federation of [...]
